I am delighted (and privileged) to say that the long awaited article, Stars in the Aisles: Cinema usherettes, identity and ideology is now published in Participations: journal of audience and reception studies, http://www.participations.org (May 2017)
I must thank Martin Barker (editor) for his continual support and patience with this, as well as thanking everyone who helped make it come to fruition.
Enjoy.